Color postcard from circa 1928-1930 showing a view down Washington Boulevard from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. The building in the foreground on the left is the David Whitney Building, built in 1915 and designed by Daniel Burnham. On the...

Color postcard from circa 1917-1923 of Washington Boulevard, looking north from Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Book Building (1917), prior to the tower being added in 1926. In the background on the left is the Statler...

Color postcard from circa 1925-1930 showing the view south down Washington Boulevard from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the David Whitney Building, built in 1915 and designed by Daniel Burnham. The red building on the right...

Black and white photograph from circa 1950-1960 of the Detroit, Michigan skyline and the Detroit River. Several ferries and larger passenger ships are docked at the Detroit riverfront. These passenger ships shuttled people to vacation spots like...

Color postcard from circa 1924-1929 showing Gratiot Avenue looking west from Farmer Street in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Kern's Department Store (the 1900-1929 building on Gratiot and Woodward Avenues). The tall building in the center...

Black and white photograph from 1956 showing the east side of Washington Boulevard, looking south from Clifford Street in Detroit, Michigan. The skyscraper is the Industrial Bank Building (1922 - Louis Kamper). Further down Washington Boulevard are...

Black and white photograph from 1961 showing the Detroit, Michigan skyline and Detroit River. One Woodward Avenue (originally the Michigan Consolidated Gas Building), designed by Minoru Yamasaki, is in the process of being built in this image; it...

Color postcard from circa 1924-1930 showing the view from Campus Martius west in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, is in the foreground. The skyscraper in the middle of the frame is the Majestic...

Color postcard from circa 1926-1935 of Woodward Avenue from Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the Madison Theater, one of several theaters in Detroit built by John Kunsky and architect C. Howard Crane. The 1806 seat movie...

Color postcard from circa 1925-1930 showing the view northwest from the western end of Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. The Dime Building (1912 - Daniel Burnham) towers over the old Detroit City Hall (built 1871, demolished 1961). On the right...

Black and white photograph from 1938 of the Detroit, Michigan skyline and Detroit River. Buildings visible include the Greater Penobscot Building, the Guardian Building, the Buhl Building, the Book-Cadillac Hotel, the Ford Building and the Wayne...

Black and white photograph from circa 1935-1945 of the Detroit, Michigan skyline and Detroit River. Buildings visible include the Greater Penobscot Building, the Guardian Building, the Buhl Building, the Book-Cadillac Hotel and the Ford Building....

Black and white aerial photograph from approximately 1953 of downtown Detroit, Michigan and the Detroit River, taken from the east. Some of the iconic Detroit skyline skyscrapers visible in this image include: Book Building, Book-Cadillac Hotel,...

Black and white photograph from 1926 showing the view west from the top of the First National Building in Detroit, Michigan. The Book-Cadillac Hotel and the Book Building and Tower are prominent in the view.